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Table 89. Leading Racing Countries 2012
Country
Flat Races
Jumps Races
Prizemoney*
Betting*
Races
Runners
Starts
Races
Runners
Starts
ARGENTINA
5,558
11,653
57,716
$91,546,290
$288,613,996
AUSTRALIA
19,534
30,371
187,616
92
217
710
$490,078,161
$9,808,300,000
AUSTRIA
47
170
394
$450,045
BAHRAIN
193
252
1,919
$885,359
$242,947,800
BELGIUM
176
560
1,728
4
45
48
$1,780,751
BRAZIL
4,153
6,332
33,559
$35,184,080
$235,644,653
CANADA
4,295
6,547
33,372
$122,057,551
$1,449,268,520
CHILE
4,821
3,961
54,084
$30,678,661
$309,511,149
CROATIA
30
103
30
$53,846
CYPRUS
1,024
1,307
10,044
$11,051,053
$86,899,273
CZECH REPUBLIC
311
886
3,874
154
414
1,659
$2,254,479
$1,465,850
DENMARK
276
675
2,970
$2,755,064
FRANCE
4,878
9,207
54,387
2,256
4,198
22,931
$264,662,816
$14,137,410,563
GERMANY
1,314
2,443
12,390
25
37
207
$18,257,180
$129,490,655
GREAT BRITAIN
6,107
9,614
58,593
3,540
7,673
31,581
$166,221,355
$16,530,551,134
GREECE
832
711
5,756
$7,299,300
$119,830,673
HONG KONG
769
1,283
9,653
$121,151,769
$13,273,715,492
HUNGARY
304
455
2,857
6
3
41
$1,029,693
$3,108,992
INDIA
3,235
4,585
30,573
$22,719,083
$546,845,249
IRELAND
1,084
2,273
11,524
1,432
4,262
17,358
$63,717,750
$4,045,940,583
ITALY
3,160
4,811
27,639
171
354
1,271
$49,545,946
$1,437,144,116
JAPAN
16,717
23,206
181,520
133
245
1,682
$1,127,251,508
$38,464,068,880
KOREA
1,873
3,419
21,318
$161,631,900
$6,420,525,537
LEBANON
361
259
1,921
$815,746
$13,967,654
MACAU
498
614
5,993
$19,383,669
$291,935,582
MALAYSIA
737
1,175
9,188
$14,224,353
$278,002,905
MAURITIUS
308
426
2,710
$5,042,217
$193,003,030
MEXICO
1,358
1,102
13,376
$4,413,671
$20,555,177
MOROCCO
1,266
1,603
11,347
$6,880,076
$703,818,697
NETHERLANDS
31
71
232
$170,038
$35,702,177
NEW ZEALAND
2,949
5,319
31,488
112
48
937
$40,135,990
$537,459,812
NORWAY
265
569
2,750
9
17
75
$4,934,729
$710,361,406
OMAN
145
412
2,049
$2,417,417
$0
PANAMA
1,348
840
9,436
$9,105,039
$43,946,729
PERU
2,143
1,766
18,200
$6,836,525
$37,844,799
POLAND
523
804
3,808
23
18
136
$1,767,812
$3,804,333
QATAR
419
662
4,861
$9,626,918
SAUDI ARABIA
607
1,674
7,602
$12,566,548
SERBIA
176
263
1,200
$345,310
SINGAPORE
993
1,395
10,979
$60,252,713
$1,386,068,293
SLOVAKIA
120
378
1,031
22
57
153
$796,499
$147,893
SOUTH AFRICA
3,833
7,043
44,879
$40,274,740
$1,344,876,458
SPAIN
469
847
4,260
$6,911,181
$20,675,721
SWEDEN
668
1,348
6,276
26
48
170
$11,656,228
$1,979,044,179
SWITZERLAND
164
339
1,529
34
42
243
$3,019,971
$130,248,137
TUNISIA
415
619
3,756
$2,212,742
TURKEY
2,357
2,810
23,251
$76,632,865
$1,715,628,763
UAE
320
1,194
4,026
$47,196,306
USA
44,929
56,916
356,197
157
305
1,173
$1,034,301,321
$11,942,572,778
URUGUAY
1,166
2,566
11,660
$11,531,394
$33,347,803
VENEZUELA
2,958
3,165
27,688
$28,820,989
$221,235,952
Total
152,217
221,003
1,425,209
8,196
17,983
80,375
$4,254,536,644
$129,175,531,397
International
Racing
Source:
Calculated on exchange rate of $1 AUD = 1.42 EUR (15/10/2013)
